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7 Famous Ghost Stories

That Turned Out To Be
Total BS

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The H. Family was suffering from
carbon monoxide poisoning.

In 1921, a woman known only as Mrs. H. began
seeing a doctor with some strange symptoms.
After moving into their house, her family began
feeling weak, hearing footsteps, having
headaches, and even seeing apparitions. At one
point her husband even awoke in the middle of
the night certain that someone was strangling
him.

As most of us would, they assumed their home
was haunted, until they found out that a broken
furnace was releasing carbon monoxide into the
people getting a vaccine each day — down from "I know the traditional vaccines aren't rated
home. Since then, numerous ghost sightings
a peak of over 185,000 last month — even quite as effective in the research — but I'm
have been linked to carbon monoxide poisoning.
though those doses are now readily available comfortable with that style. I would happily go
nationwide. at this very moment to get that," Smith said.
This San Antonio legend didn't even
happen in San Antonio.
CBC News has spoken to some unvaccinated While the mRNA products produced by Pfizer
Canadians to learn more about the hesitancy that and Moderna have been deemed safe and
A popular San Antonio legend has it that in 1938 has taken hold in some pockets of the country. effective by Health Canada and other regulators
a bus full of children stalled on train tracks and
after a careful review of clinical trial data, Smith
was soon hit by a train, killing the children Many of the holdouts say they're concerned said she's still reluctant to accept a vaccine that
inside. Since then, it's been reported that if you
about safety and side effects. Others say they're was developed so quickly.
park on the "Ghost Tracks" and put your car in
not happy with the current products on offer.
neutral, the ghosts of the kids will show up to She said she's not opposed to vaccines (she
push your car to safety.
There are also practical considerations. A describes herself not as "vaccine hesitant" but as
number of the unvaccinated have a needle- "mRNA vaccine hesitant") but she's concerned
To prove any skeptics wrong, some even put
related phobia that can make getting a shot a about the possible long-term effects of mRNA
baby powder on their cars and use the
frightening experience. Some have severe shots in particular, which use relatively new
fingerprints as proof the kids were there. allergies to the vaccine components. Some rural technology.
Unfortunately for those who want the story to be
Canadians have had trouble with access.
true, there's a pretty logical explanation. There's
'I don't want to be the guinea pig'
a slight incline on the tracks, which makes your
And experts also suggest somewhere between
car roll, and the fingerprints that appear are most
two and 10 per cent of the population is "How do we know what kind of impact this is
likely your own. vehemently opposed to vaccines — no matter going to have on our bodies? Am I gonna have a
what public health officials say about the many third eye in 20 years?" she said.
On top of that, the story the legend is based on benefits of getting a shot.
actually happened in Salt Lake City, Utah. []
"I mean, I know I'm not gonna have a third eye,
Nadina Smith graduated from teachers' college but I'm just trying to explain what I mean. We
Meet the unvaccinated: this spring and she's feeling the pressure from don't know what the potential outcomes are in

family and friends to get a shot before school the long term.
Why some Canadians still starts up in the fall.
haven't had the shot "The only thing that would have swayed me is if
Smith, who is from Alberta, told CBC News there was some sort of research or study of the
she's researched the science behind various long-term effects of COVID mRNA. For me,
Some suspect the science. Some don't think
COVID-19 vaccines and she's most comfortable that is a huge concern and I don't want to be the
they're vulnerable. And some just don't trust with the one-dose Johnson & Johnson shot, guinea pig."
government messaging.
which uses the more conventional viral vector
vaccine technology. Messenger RNA, or mRNA, directs protein
Canada's vaccine campaign has been crushing it
production in cells throughout the body to
lately, with an impressive 80 per cent of eligible
Such vaccines use a modified version of a trigger an immune response and protect against
Canadians having had at least one dose of a different virus (the vector) to deliver instructions infectious diseases.
COVID-19 vaccine.
to cells, and are widely used to prevent
infectious diseases like influenza. While an mRNA vaccine has never been on the
That statistic distracts from a troubling fact,
market until now, mRNA vaccines have been
however: more than six million Canadians still
Canada ordered the J&J shot — 300,000 doses tested in humans for at least four infectious
haven't had a shot, just as experts are warning were delivered months ago — but there are no diseases: rabies, influenza, cytomegalovirus and
we need more coverage to beat back a possible
plans to use it as part of the vaccination Zika. No long-term side effects from those
surge of cases in the fall.
campaign. Government officials have said the products have been reported.
provinces and territories have shown no interest
The first-dose vaccination campaign now seems
in obtaining this product. (Continued on Page 88)
to be grinding to a halt, with fewer than 50,000